New Government

Into the Presidency of Argentina last week stepped big. solemn General Augustin Justo and out stepped his friend, small, whimsical General Jose Francisco Uriburu, remarking candidly: "The regime which I headed as Provisional President was illegal and it was unconstitutional, but it was based upon Justice and Right."

The new President was elected. His first act last week was to raise the state of siege which has gripped Argentina since September 1930 (when General Uriburu staged his coup d'etat). Back toward home headed an Argentine transport crammed with political prisoners. Then suddenly the transport put to sea again. Aboard the ship, the new Government of Argentina announced, are crews for two

Argentine submarines being built in Italy. To bring these crews to the submarines as quickly as possible the entire shipload of political prisoners "will take a pleasure cruise to Europe as the guests of the Government."

General Uriburu announced that he was sailing at once on a "pleasure trip" to

Europe. A certain General Adolfo Baldrich promptly challenged General Uriburu to duel. General Uriburu announced that his pleasure trip to Europe was really a most pressing trip to Germany where he would undergo a necessary surgical operation. General Baldrich repeated his challenge. The Government intervened. ' It announced: "Senator Palacios, the great authority on duelling codes, has ruled that insufficient grounds exist for this challenge." Meanwhile, famed Dr. Hypolito Irigoyen who, as President, was overthrown by the coup d'etat of General Uriburu, was let out of jail, promptly resumed his political activities. Back from exile arrived the publisher of La Critica, the suppressed anti-Uriburu newspaper, and it resumed publication. Critica published: 1) That torture was applied to political prisoners by the Uriburu Government systematically at the express direction of Daniel Uriburu (nephew). 2) That the first public meeting last week of 10,000 of Dr. Irigoyen's adherents was dampened by rain, then dispersed by firemen who threatened to souse the already damp Irigoyenists. 3) That Critica was privileged to reprint an "Invitation to witness the burning of the Critica building" issued by the new Government's adherents. Within a few hours after this alleged expose, the Government censor passed a news cable carrying a "public announcement" by the Government's adherents that they would burn the Critica building that night.

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